Thanks H2p I passed CCENT today with 815. Passing score is 804, barely made it through.  The study materials other than H2p is "The Bryant Advantage." His study guide is the best I've seen.

On the test I had total of 50 questions with 90 minutes.
Two Sims. 1. Complete topology with Configure password. The IP address was totally different than the one on H2p Sims.
2. Show various show commands. On the second Sim the outgoing port was not shown on the 4th router.  This threw me off. All the others were listed.

Four testlets - 1. Identity the path a packet takes in a network. The question was in reverse order. Instead from Host A to B. It was B to A.
2. Router/switch testlet security questions. Basically asking about the running config. Password on Switch was not encrypted  for telnet. It was a weak PW but telnet was set to no login. Router line vty and con 0 PW was encrypted. So the question were base on the security.
3. Identify the path a FTP packet takes in reverse order. Instead of Host A to FTP server. FTP to HostA
4. ? not sure.

I can't wait for it much longer. It's at 8:45 am tomorrow morning. I will post results once I have completed it.

Hey! 936/1000 today, AWESOME. 802 is now over, getting ready for NP. Thanks H2P.

Is the How2pass 640-802 test prep a combination of the 640-822 and 640-816 questions or a collection of somewhat different questions?  Can the 640-802 test prep be used to prep for the 640-822?  Is it better just to use the 640-822 test prep for the 640-822 test?

For 10 more dollars it seems a better deal to get the 640-802 even for the 640-822 test.  Is this practical?

JerseyPlayer

The simplified easiest way to Understand Frame Relay:

1. the serial interface has no layer 2 address
2. the DLCI number is the ID of the virtual cable

Look at the diagram below:



99 is the ID for the virtual cable between R1 and the Cloud.
16 and 17 are the two virtual cables between R2 and the Cloud.
28 is the ID for the virtual cable between R3 and the Cloud.

The ISP cloud connects cable 17 to cable 28, cable 16 to cable 99.
Keep in mind that there is no Layer 2 address on the Frame Relay serial interface.
Ok, that is our physical connection.

Now , let's say we have IP address configured on these routers respective interface:

R1: 192.168.123.1
R2: 192.168.123.2
R3: 192.168.123.3

Now, we need to tell the routers how to reach others.

Router R2 uses cable 16 to reach R1, 17 to reach R3

R2:

Frame-relay map ip 192.168.123.1 16
Frame-relay map ip 192.168.123.3 17

Because of the ip 192.168.123.1 to the DLCI 16 mapping, packets destined for 192.168.123.1 will be put on cable 16.
Because cable 16 is connected to cable 99 by the Frame Relay ISP, the packets will go through cable 99 and arrive at R1.

Because of the ip 192.168.123.3 to the DLCI 17 mapping, packets destined for 192.168.123.3 will be put on cable 17.
Because cable 17 is connected to cable 28 by the Frame Relay ISP, the packets will go through cable 28 and arrive at R3.



Router R1 uses cable 99 to reach both R2 and R3, because that is the only cable connected to the cloud.

R1:

Frame-relay map ip 192.168.123.2 99
Frame-relay map ip 192.168.123.3 99

Because of the ip 192.168.123.2 to the DLCI 99 mapping, packets destined for 192.168.123.2 will be put on cable 99.
Because cable 99 is connected to cable 16 by the Frame Relay ISP, the packets will go through cable 16 and arrive at R2.

Because of the ip 192.168.123.3 to the DLCI 99 mapping, packets destined for 192.168.123.3 will be put on cable 99.
Because cable 99 is connected to cable 16 by the Frame Relay ISP, the packets will go through cable 16 and arrive at R2.
Now, R2 receives this packet which is destined for 192.168.123.3.
R2 checks its own ip to DLCI mapping, and would found 192.168.123.3 is mapped to 17.

R2 then put this packets on the virtual cable 17.
The packets would go through cable 17 and cable 28, and arrive at the right destination.




R3:

Frame-relay map ip 192.168.123.1 28
Frame-relay map ip 192.168.123.2 28

Because of the ip 192.168.123.2 to the DLCI 28 mapping, packets destined for 192.168.123.2 will be put on cable 28.
Because cable 28 is connected to cable 17 by the Frame Relay ISP, the packets will go through cable 17 and arrive at R2.

Because of the ip 192.168.123.1 to the DLCI 28 mapping, packets destined for 192.168.123.1 will be put on cable 28.
Because cable 28 is connected to cable 17 by the Frame Relay ISP, the packets will go through cable 17 and arrive at R2.

Now, R2 receives this packet which is destined for 192.168.123.1.
R2 checks its own ip to DLCI mapping, and would found 192.168.123.1 is mapped to 16.
R2 then put this packets on the virtual cable 16.
The packets would go through cable 16 and cable 99, and arrive at the right destination.

I'm hoping someone can help. I'm taking a CCNA class and plan on taking the CCNA soon. However, I've got a bit of a environment setup question. Say I've got two routers. One that has a Static IP address from my ISP and then the other interface is connected directly to the other router, which contains the access-list. How would I just forward all the traffic going to/from R1 to R2? Would Static routes work? Any advice would be great. Thank you! 

I cant for the life of me figure out what is going on here.  It has to be either something so simple that was overlooked or the sim is totally bunk!  Unfortunately, the test only says "Incorrect IP address or interface state or passwords" (on both routers)

Cables are definitely correct.

Someone please help, I'm taking the test tomorrow!

thx

Here is my procedure:

login to left router:

conf t
line con 0
password consolepw
login

line vty 0 4
password telnetpw
login

exit

enable secret privpw

int fa0/0
ip address 192.168.142.81 255.255.255.240
no shut

int fa0/1
ip address 192.168.142.30 255.255.255.240
no shut

ctrl^z

copy run start
[ok]

exit

login to right router:

conf t
line con 0
password consolepw
login

line vty 0 4
password telnetpw
login

exit

enable secret privpw

int s0/1
ip address 192.168.142.161 255.255.255.240
no shut

int fa0/0
ip address 192.168.142.78 255.255.255.240
no shut

ctrl^z

copy run start
[ok]

exit

Hello,

BDRs must enter into a Full state with all other routers on the link.  As you can see this is not happening.  It is not happening because this router is not a BDR.   Router RTA and neighbor 192.168.45.2 are exchanging OSPF LSAs.  This is correct because before the DR and the BDR are established each router thinks they are the DR and sends out LSAs to discover their neighbor and inform their neighbors of the links that they are connected to.

20. (QID:N2C73) View the exhibit. Which statement is true?

Router RTA is directly connected to interface 192.168.45.1.
Neighbor 192.168.45.1 has changed its OSPF priority number.
Router RTA and neighbor 192.168.45.2 are exchanging OSPF LSAs.
Router RTA is the BDR.

Correct Answer: Router RTA is the BDR.

Hello,

Your answer makes no sense to me.  If RT1 is an ABR why would it inject a type 7 default route into its own routing table.  It doesn't do that.  Instead it injects a type 7 default route into the routing table of other routers in the area.  So this means the answer needs to be:

The default route is learned from an OSPF neighbor.

That is the correct answer.

11. (QID:N2C67) Refer to the exhibit. On the basis of the information presented, which statement is true?
Exhibit:

RT1# show ip route ospf
O IA     6.0.0.0/8 [110/65] via 5.0.0.2, 00:00:18, Serial2/1/0
O* N2   0.0.0.0/0 [110/1] via 5.0.0.2, 00:00:18, Serial2/1/0

Network 6.0.0.0/8 was learned from an OSPF neighbor within the area.
The default route is learned from an OSPF neighbor.
OSPF router 5.0.0.2 is an ABR.
A default route is configured on the local router.

Correct Answer: OSPF router 5.0.0.2 is an ABR.

Explanation:
It looks like the OSPF area is an NSSA Totally Stubby Area, a Cisco proprietary feature. When the ABR is configured with the area 1 nssa no-summary command, it works exactly the same as the totally stubby technique. A single default route replaces both inbound-external (type 5) LSAs and summary (type 3 and 4) LSAs into the area. The NSSA ABR, automatically generates the O*N2 default route into the NSSA area with the no-summary option configured at the ABR.

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/104/nssa.html

Hello,

Please consider the following:
Stub area?This is an area that will not accept external summary routes (Type 5s). Type 5 LSAs are replaced by the ABR with a default route, and internal routers send external traffic to the closest ABR. Stub areas are useful because they protect slower or less powerful routers from being overwhelmed with routes from outside.

Do you see a default route injected by an ABR into this routing table, because I certainly don't.  All stubs must have a default route injected into the area by the ABR.  There isn't a default route; there is a gateway of last resort but the next hop of the gateway is not in the routing table.  This makes this router an ABR.

Please correct.  Thanks!!!

EXHIBIT:
Router# show ip route

Codes: C - connected, S - static, I - IGRP, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2, E - EGP
i - IS-IS, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2, * - candidate default

Gateway of last resort is 30.64.0.2 to network 0.0.0.0

30.0.0.0/8 is variably subnetted, 9 subnets, 2 masks
O IA    30.2.0.0/16 [110/74] via 30.64.0.2, 00:09:13, Ethernet0
C        30.1.3.0/24 is directly connected, Serial0
O IA    30.3.0.0/16 [110/148] via 30.64.0.2, 00:05:22, Ethernet0
C        30.1.2.0/24 is directly connected, Serial1

(QID:N2C33) Consider the output of a show ip route command shown in the exhibit. Which two statements about the routing table are true? (Choose two)

The area is a stub.
The area is totally stubby.
Network 30 is using VLSM.
The routing table is for an ABR.

Correct Answer: The area is a stub.
                          Network 30 is using VLSM.
Explanation:
Inter-area summary routes (O IA) are included in the routing table, therefore, it is not a Totally Stubby Area, it is a Stub Area.

The statement, "30.0.0.0/8 is variably subnetted, 9 subnets, 2 masks", shows that network 30 is using VLSM. VLSM means a network can be variably subnetted into smaller networks, where each smaller network can have a different subnet mask.